A company by the name of Varia Holdings Inc. has sued Samsung for infringing a patent related to emoticons. The firm has also sued Samsung’s competitor Research in Motion and alleges that both companies infringe the “concept of allowing users to choose emoticons from a menu of options rather than typing them out one […]
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Dutch court turns down Samsung’s 3G patent infringement claim against Apple
The Hague court yesterday rejected Samsung’s 3G patent infringement claim against Apple. The court ruled that Samsung cannot ask for licensing fees from Apple for use of Qualcomm baseband chips since Samsung has a licensing deal with Qualcomm. However, on the bright side, they can claim their rights if Apple uses an Intel chip. […]
Samsung files another lawsuit against Apple in South Korea
Samsung today filed another lawsuit against Apple Inc. in South Korea. The new lawsuit alleges Apple’s iPad 2 and iPhone 4S to infringe three of Samsung’s patents. All the patents in question are utility patents related to “methods of displaying data, user interface and short text messages.” Meanwhile, Apple has reportedly put forth a […]
German court rejects patent infringement claims from both Apple and Samsung
The regional court in Mannheim just gave their decision on the lawsuits filed by both Apple and Samsung. The court rejected claims of two different lawsuits, one which alleged Samsung to violate Apple’s slide-to-unlock technology and other relating to the 3G patent which Samsung felt was violated by Apple. We’ll add more details as […]
Apple files another lawsuit against Samsung in US
Apple filed a new lawsuit against Samsung last week alleging a number of Samsung products to infringe on their patents. This time, Apple is targeting devices about 18 products including Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 PMPs etc. Apple alleges that despite the previous lawsuit […]